#6C8A96#6C8A96

#6C8A96 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.038 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C8A96
RGB	rgb(108, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(197, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 28%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -7.65, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 12.47, 232.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0275 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.038 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7762, 23.5662, 32.3023)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6C8A96 #96786C

analogous

#6C968D #6C8A96 #6C7596

triadic

#6C8A96 #966C8A #8A966C

tetradic

#6C8A96 #8D6C96 #96786C #75966C

square

#6C8A96 #8D6C96 #96786C #75966C

split-complementary

#6C8A96 #966C75 #968D6C

monochromatic

#38494F #526973 #6C8A96 #90A6AF #B3C3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#6C8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#6C8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6C8A96

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6C8A96	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.038 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97acb4',
    500: '#6c8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c8a96;
$custom-light: #97acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61469,
    "c": 0.03848,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C8A96

secondary

#B8ABA6

accent

#846EB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0D1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C8A96

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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